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Sunday, June 21, 2015

German judge declares Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour's arrest legal, extradition to be assessed

German judge declares Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour's arrest legal, extradition to be assessed.(AA).

A judge in Berlin Sunday formally evaluated the case of Ahmed Mansour and declared his arrest legal, ordering the well known Al-Jazeera journalist to be kept in detention pending enquiries into his possible extradition to Egypt.

Mansour was detained by German police at Berlin's Tegel Airport Saturday as he was about to board a plane to Qatar. Mansour was detained based on an international arrest warrant issued by Egypt.

The charges against Mansour are still unclear, with the German police not listing any specific accusations so far. His lawyer, Fazli Altin, told AP that he is accused of harming Egypt's reputation and of committing torture, while Al-Jazeera has claimed that abduction and rape are among the charges.

The prosecutor general of Egypt, meanwhile, reportedly called on Interpol Sunday to hand over Mansour to Egyptian authorities. A formal extradition request has been submitted to the German authorities as well.

The Berlin high court, or Kammergericht (KG), will evaluate this request Monday, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports. According to the paper, obstacles to extradition would include the possibility of applying the death penalty or torture in this case, as well as strong hints of political motivations behind the case.

The fact that Egypt and Germany do not have an extradition treaty is not a major hindrance, an Egypt foreign ministry spokesman told AP.

In practice, German courts assess extradition requests by examining the political situation in the country concerned. The German foreign ministry, the justice ministry and occasionally the chancellory are also asked to provide statements.

Even if the KG approves extradition, the German government could still veto the procedure for various "overriding" reasons, FAZ noted. Read the full story here.

Video: Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour in the torture video of a lawyer in 2011?

Hmmm....A Voice analysis would quickly determine if it is Ahmed Mansour in the video below, this is up to the courts.

VID #Mansour is seen complicit in interrogation of a lawyer in 2011 #MB #Egypt http://t.co/AdnVdpK60Z pic.twitter.com/ASUSk6nMbT Journalist??
— Karina Loren (@miskelayla) June 21, 2015

@Muschelschloss looks pretty similar to me, but courts have to decide this ----> http://t.co/4gmM9JZVhc
— MFS - The Other News (@MFS001) June 22, 2015

Ahmed Mansour

INTERPOL hatte #Mansur noch vor 6 Monaten informiert, dass der ägyptische Haftbefehl ungültig ist cc @mathieuvonrohr pic.twitter.com/CrPQq7VBcb
— Tilo Jung (@TiloJung) June 21, 2015

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